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nounan auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modalitytype of:
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"the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"adjectiverelating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
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of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
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"modal auxiliary"relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
Definition that contains modal
- physiotherapy therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities
- synesthesia a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
- synaesthesia a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
- modal an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality
- synesthetic metaphor a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities
- deontic logic the modal logic of obligation and permissibility
- modal auxiliary an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality
- optative mood a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
- doxastic logic the modal logic of belief and disbelief
- optative a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs